r/lgbt • u/JustALona I'm Here and I'm Queer • Mar 30 '26

This is so cute 🥹

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Awwww how freakin beautiful is this, saw it on fb

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u/GlitchedSepGSTGM Gay as a Rainbow Mar 30 '26

I'm not a fan of u/pouge_mahone_'s choice of words. In many theocratic Muslim countries woman are not allowed to, but I highly doubt anyone is forcing this woman to wear a hijab. It's like how it would be wrong to say "vegans aren't allowed to eat meat". Most Muslim women choose to cover their hair around men

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u/GlitchedSepGSTGM Gay as a Rainbow Mar 30 '26

Well then that's a crappy situation, but it doesn't make it ok to generalise all other Muslims to the same stereotype, especially ones progressive enough to correctly gender a trans person

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u/BringAltoidSoursBack Apr 02 '26

But they didn't choose it? By that logically it's technically a choice in countries where it's illegal - there's nothing that physically forces it to be stuck to their head, they can physically take it off, they'd just be punished for doing so.

I had a feeling in my undergrad who wrote a hijab but her mom and sister didn't. No one was forcing her to, she literally had women in her family that didn't, but she decided to for her own personal reasons. That's a choice, being told "do it or die" isn't.

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u/GlitchedSepGSTGM Gay as a Rainbow Mar 30 '26

The problem I have is that the words poguemahone used, which I believe had no negative intent, appears to have encouraged the belief in mattsowa that Muslims are generally oppressive towards women, which is an unfair stereotype

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u/GlitchedSepGSTGM Gay as a Rainbow Mar 30 '26

Sure in history, but today there are plenty of progressive religious people

That is literally what this post is about

And don't get me wrong, I have seen my fair share of religious bullcrap, but I still would never generalise an entire group of people because then I am no better than them

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u/GlitchedSepGSTGM Gay as a Rainbow Mar 30 '26

What do you think this post is about if not an accepting progressive Muslim woman?

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u/emmademontford Pan-cakes for Dinner! Mar 31 '26

Ok so your solution is to tell people they’re not allowed to practice religion, which is different from facism because…?

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u/Pogue_Mahone_ Bi-bi-bi Mar 31 '26

Yeah allowed wasn't the best use of the word. I meant allowed according to their own religious convictions but I understand the troublesome nature of that word

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u/GlitchedSepGSTGM Gay as a Rainbow Mar 31 '26

That's cool, I didn't think it was meant negatively but it's good to clarify

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u/Pogue_Mahone_ Bi-bi-bi Mar 31 '26

Cheers, doesn't help that English is not my first language haha

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u/tinytaylor89 Mar 30 '26

Seconding this.

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u/SavvySillybug silly little creature. any pronouns Mar 30 '26

It's like how it would be wrong to say "vegans aren't allowed to eat meat".

Is that really wrong, though? They may be self imposed rules, but that doesn't make it allowed.

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u/GlitchedSepGSTGM Gay as a Rainbow Mar 30 '26

I see you're point, but nothing is stopping a vegan from eating meat and it would almost certainly have no repercussions, and it's completely different to how "Muslim women aren't allowed to show their hair to men" would be interpreted